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A Rotherham-based charity is helping young people overcome barriers to education and employment thanks to grant funding. Clifton Learning Partnership has received £15,000 over three years from Quickline’s Moving On Up Fund, delivered in partnership with South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation (SYCF). The Moving On Up Fund, generously supported by Quickline, helps SYCF back local organisations working to improve employability skills and future prospects for people aged 30 and under across […]

Get ready for a whole load of roarsome fun this February half-term school holiday as dinosaurs rule at the Tropical Butterfly House Wildlife Conservation Park, South Yorkshire. Calling all budding palaeontologists! Meet Professor Fossil and his baby dinosaur and go face-to-face with Rexy the mighty T-rex ...if you dare! Dig Dino Training! Join in Professor Fossil's hilarious 'How to train your dinosaur' session in the arena with galloping, giggles and […]

This February, Weston Park Cancer Charity is hosting its first ever Make a Will Month. Throughout the month, supporters will be able to get expert help with writing their Will with one of the charity’s legal partners. Participating solicitors are waiving their usual fees and asking instead for a donation to be made to Weston Park Cancer Charity. By taking part, supporters can get their affairs in order for a […]

Rotherham Civic Society has made a posthumous award to Dame Julie Kenny, for the important role she played in saving one of the borough’s greatest assets, Wentworth Woodhouse. The annual Sheila Cameron Award for Outstanding Community Service to the town was presented to Dame Julie’s family just weeks before the anniversary of her unexpected death on February 21, 2025, at the age of 67. Dame Julie was Sheffield-born but became […]